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SALSBURY INDUSTRIES
1010 East 62
nd
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90001-1598
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Installation instructions are provided as general guidelines. It is advised that a professional installer be consulted. Salsbury Industries assumes no product assembly or installation liability.
Copyright © 2014 Salsbury Industries. All rights reserved. 1/23/14
Antique Rural Mailboxes – 4850A
5-Wide Spreader with Antique Newspaper Holders
on a Standard Mailbox Post Installation Instructions
U.S.P.S. APPROVED
Installing Mailboxes on Spreader with Newspaper
Holders on a Standard Mailbox Post
Thank you for selecting Salsbury’s 4850A antique rural mailbox.
This instruction sheet is for installing 4850A antique rural mailboxes on a 5-wide
spreader with 4815A antique newspaper holders and a standard mailbox post.
Different instruction sheets are available for installing 4850A antique rural
mailboxes on 2-wide, 3-wide or 4-wide spreaders with 4815A antique newspaper
holders and a standard mailbox post. Other installation instructions are available
for installing the mailboxes and spreaders with newspaper holders on a modern
decorative mailbox post, mounting a single mailbox on a decorative or standard
mailbox post, mounting a single newspaper holder, and mounting the post in a
concrete footing.
When you install a curbside or roadside mailbox, make sure that it is easily
accessible to the mail carrier. By regulation it should be 41” to 45” from the
ground or street surface up to the inside floor of the mailbox. The door should be
set back 6” to 8” back from the front face of the curb or the road edge. However,
you should check with your local postmaster to ensure that the mailbox is
installed according to local regulations.
Spreader and Newspaper Holders Installation to
Standard Post
Attaching the spreader to the standard mailbox post requires simultaneously
attaching the center newspaper holder to the spreader and to the standard
mailbox post. Start by installing four (4) 5/16”-18 x 2” long pan head bolts
provided with the post through the four (4) square holes shown in the inside floor
of the center newspaper holder, through the four (4) center square holes in top of
the spreader, and through the four (4) tapped holes on the top plate of the
standard mailbox post. Insert a Phillips head screw driver through each square
hole directly above, and in the top of the newspaper holder, to tighten the pan
head bolts.
All hardware to attach the remaining four newspaper holders to the spreader is
included with the spreader. Next attach an additional newspaper holder adjacent
to the center newspaper holder. Install four (4) 5/16”-18 x 1-3/4” long carriage
bolts through the four (4) square holes shown in the inside floor of the newspaper
holder, through the corresponding square holes in top of the spreader and
through the corresponding square holes in the top plate of a support arm
(supplied with spreader). Install 5/16” flat washers and 5/16”-18 hex nuts on the
ends of the four (4) bolts protruding below the bottom of the support arm.
Complete the installation of the support arm by drilling a 3/16” diameter hole
though each hole in the vertical plate of the support arm and through the post.
Install 1/4” flat washers and 1/4” x 1” long lag screws into the post. Cover the lag
screws with cap plugs. Repeat these steps for the other newspaper holder
adjacent to the center mailbox.
To install an outermost newspaper holder, install four (4) 5/16”-18 x 1-3/4” long
carriage bolts through the four (4) square holes shown in the inside floor of the
newspaper holder and through the corresponding square holes in top of the
spreader. Install 5/16” flat washers and 5/16”-18 hex nuts on the ends of the four
(4) bolts protruding below the bottom of the spreader. Repeat these steps for the
remaining newspaper holder.
Mailbox Installation to Newspaper Holders
All hardware to attach the mailboxes to the newspaper holders is included with
the newspaper holders. To attach a mailbox to a newspaper holder, install four
(4) 5/16”-18 X 3/4” long carriage bolts into (4) square holes in the floor of the
mailbox and through the four (4) square holes shown on the top of the newspaper
holder. Install 5/16” flat washers and 5/16”-18 hex nuts on the ends of the four
(4) bolts protruding below the top of the newspaper holder. Cover the hex nuts
with cap plugs. Repeat these steps for the other mailboxes. Installation is now
complete. Additional hardware provided is not needed and may be discarded.